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The Athletic NBA columnist PER creator - Former Grizzlies VP Basketball Ops - Former ESPN Wahoowa - Commanders - Brewers - Timbers - huh? Atlanta/a hotel

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No league punishes success like the G

04.03.2026 19:24 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

more like O-Minimum Prosper, amIrite?

(jokes aside, he's been much better than in Dallas. Today is last day for Grizzlies to fill the 2-way spot left open by his promotion)

04.03.2026 19:24 — 👍 12    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Final: Arizona State 70, No. 14 Kansas 60.

If that was Bobby Hurley's last home game here, hell of a way to go out.

Darryn Peterson 15 points, 10 reb 4 ast 5 stl ... but shot 3-of-18 with 3 turnovers, including getting rejected on a dunk attempt by 6-3 Anthony Johnson in the last minute.

04.03.2026 04:34 — 👍 15    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 1

Kansas offense has gone dry. Peterson missed an open 3 on one trip, stepped out of bounds on the next one. 1:13 left and ASU has a 64-55 lead and the ball.

04.03.2026 04:27 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Five straight points from a guy named Anthony Johnson to extend ASU's lead against a Jacque Vaughn-coached Kansas team.

Is this early-aughts Hawks fan fiction?

04.03.2026 04:19 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

Peterson drives straight into Odum's chest twice in a row, picks up an offensive foul on the second one for his 4th foul with 5:42 left.

ASU still clinging to 5-point lead here

04.03.2026 04:15 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

good call. I'd thought White was out because he was already on the sideline.

04.03.2026 04:10 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Beautiful dish by Peterson sets up a dunk after he makes a hard drive off a curl.

ASU lead is down to 54-50 at the under-8 timeout. Fasten your seatbelts!

04.03.2026 04:07 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Peterson's had some pretty clean looks that just haven't gone down. Some of these have come off his hand with a bit of side spin too.

04.03.2026 04:05 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

Mukeba injured on play, by rule ASU can choose a FT shooter and chooses Moe Odum. Replaced a 52% shooter with an 83% shooter! And he made both.

04.03.2026 04:00 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Foul upgraded to Flagrant-1 on Jackson. No penalty for White, which is wild.

04.03.2026 03:58 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Not sure what rule is in NCAA; in NBA Tre White would be auto-ejected for leaving bench like that.

04.03.2026 03:56 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Scenes here after a hard foul by Elmarko Jckson on a breakaway by ASU's Allen Mukeba.

Kansas's Tre White came all the way off the KU bench to the other side of the court to run at somebody and the coaches had to hold him back.

04.03.2026 03:55 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Insane block by Massamba Diop to deny a Kansas fast break. ASU clinging to an 8-point lead as we hit the under-12 timeout. Peterson looking waaaay more engaged than in first half, and ASU getting tight on offense.

04.03.2026 03:49 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Peterson dribbles into a transition 3, by far his best play of the game, made it look ridiculously easy .

04.03.2026 03:43 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Peterson finally scratches as he gets an open catch-and-shoot 3 against ASU zone.

Second half is now 16-3 Kansas.

04.03.2026 03:42 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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First half stat sheet. Brick, chalk, Jayhawk.

04.03.2026 03:35 — 👍 12    🔁 0    💬 3    📌 0

Kansas making a run and we are learning just how many Jayhawk fans are in this building. Peterson pushes an ASU miss and throws an alleyoop to Bidunga, and the lead is down to 42-30.

04.03.2026 03:33 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

this is nuts

04.03.2026 03:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Halftime: Arizona State 40, Kansas 20

Darryn Paterson 0-for-7; 2 pts 4 reb 2 ast 3 stl

Kansas three techs, Self ejected.

WHAT. THE. HELL. WAS. THAT.

04.03.2026 03:10 — 👍 9    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 2

Now we have a THIRD first-half tech against Kansas as Jacque Vaughn -- filling in for the already-ejected Bill Self -- gets rung up

04.03.2026 03:07 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

and yes, that is former Atlanta Hawks legend (and former Nets and Magic head coach) Jacque Vaughn now roaming the Kansas sideline with Self ejected.

04.03.2026 02:55 — 👍 19    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Arizona Stated up 26-16 on Kansas late in first half. Darryn Peterson has no points. This is ... not what I expected.

04.03.2026 02:54 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

Technical foul on Bill Self for going after the ref on a completely obvious offensive foul call against Peterson. Self has just been ejected.

04.03.2026 02:51 — 👍 12    🔁 0    💬 3    📌 1

Against the nation's 291st-ranked defense, Kansas is 7-of-26 with five turnovers and has yet to earn a free-throw attempt.

YIIIIIIIIIIKES.

04.03.2026 02:50 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

"How many lay-ups can we miss and still upset Kansas?" - a theoretical basketball experiment being conducted on our behalf by the Arizona State Sun Devils.

04.03.2026 02:33 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Massamba Diop making a late bid to unseat Darryn Peterson as the No. 1. pick. Has all seven points in this game so far.

04.03.2026 02:20 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Pretty big resume win for the Dawgs' tournament hopes if they hold off Alabama here.

04.03.2026 01:57 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Still early but Wolves following a big win at Denver with a home loss to Memphis would be extremely on brand.

04.03.2026 01:54 — 👍 19    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 1

might be your school's highlight for tonight unfortunately

04.03.2026 01:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0